When Li Mu told Robin that his 10% stake in Muye & Baidu. Inc could be exchanged for 3.3% of Google shares, he understood almost immediately and blurted out: "Mr. Li, Google is going to acquire Muye & Baidu. Inc?! "
Li Mu hummed and said with a smile: "Yes, it's a merger."
Robin calculated as if he was talking to himself: "10% for 3.3%, 100% of the overall merger, you can exchange for 33%... Oh my god! Mr. Li! You have bloodbathed Google!"
Using a shell company that had only been registered for a few days in exchange for 33% of the shares of a large company valued at billions of dollars, Robin could not find a more suitable word than bloodbath.
Li Mu said with a smile: "Don't sound so bloody and bellicose. We are strategically cooperating with Google and joining forces. It's good for him and me."
Robin sighed: "Mr. Li, I really don't know what to say, I can only say congratulations!"
In fact, when Robin heard the news, he felt both happy and worried, and the worries were obviously greater than the joy.
For him, what he is most happy to see is naturally the war between Li Mu and Google. As Li Mu's partner, he can not only get a share of the war between the two, but more importantly, he can win a valuable and rapidly developing opportunity for himself. Chances are, Li Mu himself is a shareholder of Baidu and has promised not to conduct Chinese searches. This eliminates the possibility of Li Mu becoming an enemy. If Google, another enemy, happens to be controlled by Li Mu, Baidu will have an unprecedented chance to breathe.
Now, Li Mu and Google have made peace, and Google is no longer restrained, which will inevitably bring greater pressure to Baidu.
As for the happy aspect, it is naturally the investment income. When I cooperated with Li Mu to establish Muye & Baidu. Inc, I did not contribute any money. Now I have directly obtained 3.3% of Google's shares and become one of Google's shareholders.
Although Robin is more inclined to watch Li Mu fight with Google, fortunately, there is a consolation prize. The 3.3% share of Google is worth hundreds of millions of dollars if calculated as a market value. If Li Mu can lead Google in non-Chinese languages, Google's valuation is bound to reach more than 10 billion. If it is held until Google goes public, it will not be a problem for the market value of these 3.3% shares to exceed US$500 million.
In this way, this consolation prize is indeed quite comforting.
Robin suddenly remembered a question at this time and asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, when we established Muye & Baidu. Inc, I signed a conditional technology transfer agreement with Makino Technology on behalf of Baidu. The agreement stipulates that as long as Muye & Baidu. Inc does not use those technologies for You can use it at will for Chinese searches. In this way, once Google acquires Muye & Baidu. Inc, does it mean that Google has the right to use Baidu’s patents?”
Li Mu asked him: "Do you think it will have an impact on Baidu?"
Robin thought for a while and said, "I think even if the impact is not big, it will have a certain impact."
Both companies are search engine companies. To a large extent, they compete for product power and technical strength. In essence, Google's technical strength must be much stronger than Baidu's, even if Google has obtained Baidu's current technology. Patent, this kind of lower-level technological achievement may not be of any benefit to Google, but Robin is still somewhat worried.
Li Mu probably guessed his worries, just like people don't like their secrets to be pried into by others. Even if it is harmless, it will make them frightened and on pins and needles.
So Li Mu said with relief: "Don't worry, what Google wants is not Baidu's technology. Before signing the framework agreement with them, I will clearly tell them that I will abolish the technical cooperation with Baidu and give up control of Baidu's technology patents. After the Google merger, Muye & Baidu. Inc’s asset list will not include Baidu’s patented technology, but I will still keep your 10%.”
Robin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I feel more relieved now..."
At this point, Robin couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Li, will you give Google some support for their future development in China?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Don't worry Robin, I can't help Google ruin your job by taking shares in Google. You have been a part of my car for a long time, and I have an obligation to guarantee your rights and interests."
Robin felt completely relieved. Not only was he excited, but he also felt a little more grateful and respectful towards Li Mu. Although Li Mu was very cruel to those who were on the opposite side of him, Li Mu was very cruel to those who were on his side. He is indeed very caring, with the spirit and demeanor of a martial arts leader in martial arts novels.
Robin was excited and said repeatedly: "Mr. Li, thank you so much! Whether it is this cooperation or your promise, it means a lot to me and Baidu!"
At this point, Robin no longer had any scruples. For him, he just followed Li Mu and made a fortune, and then received 3.3% of Google's shares as dividends, because he had already fallen to Li Mu's camp. , so Li Mu will not sacrifice himself for the greater good in the future.
In less than a month, I got 3.3% of Google's shares. This is the fastest and most profitable time since I started my own business.
No wonder everyone wants to ride in Li Mu's car. It turns out that it's so easy to make money by riding in his car...
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Back in the courtyard of the mushroom house, Teacher He and Peng Yuyan were washing the cicada monkeys they had just captured in the water well. Li Mu directly joined their team, and the three of them washed a lot of cicada monkeys together. Then put it all in an aluminum basin.
Huang Lei prepared onion, ginger, garlic cooking wine, Sichuan peppercorns, aniseed and salt, and pickled the cleaned cicada monkeys. Since these little things were still alive, Huang Lei asked Peng Yuyan to bring a huge rolling board. Cover the entire aluminum pot.
"It will take about ten or twenty minutes to marinate and it will be ready for frying. I'll light the fire first."
As Huang Lei spoke, he returned to the stove and lit a fire with dry wheat straw and corn stalks. After the fire started burning, he added some small pieces of chopped firewood.
Peng Yuyan hurriedly stepped forward to help Huang Leila pull the bellows. It is said that this antique-like object was specially bought by the crew from a fellow villager's home.
While the two were busy lighting the fire, Larry Page came.
Larry Page originally thought that Li Mu was inviting him over for a late-night snack, but when he came in, he found that there were many people in the yard. In addition to Li Mu and his three friends, there were also six or seven camera positions and more than a dozen people working. The staff sat in small pony seats next to the camera, and there were many lighting and recording staff busy everywhere.
Larry Page was a little nervous when he saw that a program was being filmed and there was such a big battle. Although he was also a person who had seen the world, he had never participated in such a reality show that was filmed at close range. Knowing that he was coming in like this, he might as well refuse Li Mu politely.
When Li Mu saw Larry Page, he smiled and waved to him: "Larry, come here quickly and introduce some friends to you."
When Larry Page saw this, he knew that there was no way out, so he walked up to Li Mu.
Li Mu clapped his hands, smiled and said to several people: "Everyone, let me introduce a friend to you."
When everyone turned their eyes to Larry Page, Li Mu said: "This is my good friend, Larry Page, the founder and CEO of Google in the United States."
As soon as these words came out, everyone around was shocked.
Including Huang Lei and He Jiong, although they knew about Google, they did not know about Larry Page. Suddenly hearing Li Mu introduce his identity really surprised a few people. No one expected that this man was so well dressed and elegant. An ordinary person who didn’t hire someone turned out to be the CEO of Google.
But think about it carefully, doesn’t Li Mu, an internationally renowned entrepreneur, also record shows here? Although Google is also very famous, it is still far behind Makino Technology. Now that Li Mu is here, it is not that surprising that Larry Page will appear here.
Li Mu introduced He Juan, Huang Lei and Peng Yuyan to Larry Page respectively, and then said to several people: "It happened that Larry came to see me for something, so I invited him to come over and have a midnight snack together."
After the three of them heard about it, they chatted politely with Larry Page. Peng Yuyan immigrated to Canada with his family when he was a teenager. Not only did he develop authentic English, but his personality was relatively more cheerful like Westerners. In addition, he was also A young man who was very interested in new things, he quickly started chatting with Larry Page in English.
Seeing that Peng Yuyan was chatting with Larry Page quite speculatively, Huang Lei walked up to Li Mu and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Li, the only dish we have for midnight snack is fried cicada monkey, isn't it a bit shabby?" ?What should I do if my American friend can’t get used to it? Do you want to make him something else?"
Li Mu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Teacher Huang, don't bother, just let him do as the Romans do. Over-enthusiasm will flatter his American friends."
Huang Lei nodded. Since Li Mu had said so, he didn't think much more. He looked at the time and saw that the cicadas were almost ready for pickling, so he said to He Yan, "Teacher He, I'll go burn the oil." Come on, help me bring the basin."
He Jiong stood up neatly, clapped his hands, brought the basin to the stove, and asked Huang Lei: "Is there anything else you can help me with?"
Huang Lei said: "Teacher He, go and get me a big colander."
Without saying a word, He Yan immediately went to fetch the washed and hanging colander.
Huang Lei set up the oil pan, prepared the ingredients for salt and pepper, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "The cicada is off to the pot!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu was already approaching. Li Mu had not seen the scene of fried cicada monkeys for at least twenty years. He did not want to miss such a memorable scene.
At this time, Peng Yuyan, who had been chatting happily with Larry Page, heard Huang Lei's shouting and hurriedly said to Larry Page in English: "Let's go and see Mr. Huang's fried golden cicada."
"Golden cicada?" Larry Page's scalp went numb after hearing this, and he exclaimed: "Is that thing edible?"
Peng Yuyan shrugged his shoulders, with a look on his face that said I was also very curious, and said: "Mr. Li said it is delicious, crunchy and chicken-flavored."
Larry Page couldn't help but ask: "Then why not just eat chicken?"
"I don't know either, why don't you ask Mr. Li..." Peng Yuyan was stopped by Larry Page.
At this time, Huang Lei had already used a colander to throw a lot of washed and pickled cicada monkeys into the oil pan. The sound of sizzling was immediately heard, and fine foam was rolling around each cicada monkey. , a rich aroma soon began to emerge, which greatly increased people's appetite.
Huang Lei exclaimed: "This thing tastes really good when it explodes!"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Not only does it smell good, it's also delicious when eaten."
Peng Yuyan didn't know when he and Larry Page were close to him. The two of them looked at the cicada monkey rolling and bubbling in the pot all day long. Their expressions were extremely serious. Peng Yuyan held his chin and considered whether it was true later. He wanted to eat this thing, and Larry Page secretly swore in his heart that he would never eat this thing until he died.
Huang Lei handed the colander to He Ji and said: "Teacher He, help me turn it over a little. I will take it out and stir-fry it on the stove next to it. Sprinkle some salt, pepper and cumin and it's ready to serve."
"Okay." He Yan immediately took the colander from Huang Lei and slowly turned the oil pan.
Huang Lei quickly heated up another pot, then put in some aniseed, then took the colander from He Juan's hand, took out the cicada monkeys that had been fried until golden brown, and stir-fried them in another pot for a while. , with this stir-frying, the aroma of cicada monkey was even more intense, and even people like Peng Yuyan and Larry Page, who were frightened inside, began to salivate unconsciously.
Afterwards, Huang Lei sprinkled the prepared salt and pepper ingredients into the pot, and sprinkled some cumin powder. Cumin has always played a key role in the finishing touch of fried foods and barbecue foods, so as soon as it enters the pot, it instantly makes the pot The smell emanating from it is even more attractive.
After Huang Lei threw the pot skillfully for the last few times, he shouted: "The pot is out!" He Juan immediately prepared several large plates. He estimated that this large pot of cicada monkey would need at least four plates. Can fit.
Huang Lei filled four large plates full of golden cicadas. Li Mu glanced at the staff around him and said with a smile: "I think we will score two plates for our staff. They have worked hard with us." We have been shooting all day, and they are the most tired.”
He Yan nodded and said: "Mr. Li is right. The staff worked really hard today. Not only did they go into the water, they also went into the woods. Normally, we finish dinner at six or seven o'clock and don't have much other activities."
Li Mu brought two plates of salt and pepper cicada monkeys to the staff and said to them: "Come on, let's try Teacher Huang's craftsmanship."
The on-site director originally wanted to refuse, but couldn't stand Li Mu's insistence, so he thanked him and gave the two plates of cicada monkeys to the surrounding employees.
Huang Lei had already brought the remaining two plates to the small dining table in the courtyard and invited everyone to taste them. Li Mu and Teacher He were the first to sit down at the small dining table, while Peng Yuyan and Larry Page were hesitant. Hesitantly, they looked at each other, but no one had the courage to step forward.
Li Mu said to the two of them in English: "Our program will be broadcast to the national audience. If a golden cicada scares you two like this, maybe the program will be ridiculed by the national audience after it is broadcast."
After finishing speaking, Li Mu said to Larry Page: "Larry, you have to know that you do not represent you personally, you represent the entire Google."
When Li Mu said this, the two of them suddenly woke up.
Peng Yuyan has just debuted and is actively entering the mainland market. Being lucky enough to participate in this variety show is extremely important for his future development in the mainland. He definitely does not want his image on TV to be that of a fried actor after the show is broadcast in the future. The golden cicada will frighten timid boys who dare not approach.
Larry Page has always dreamed of quickly opening up the Chinese market. After all, the Internet in China is developing rapidly. This superpower with a population of 1.3 billion is a supermarket that no multinational company is willing to give up. Today, he accidentally hit the market. I bumped into the set where Li Mu was filming a reality show. Even Li Mu came to participate in the reality show. I didn’t have to think about it to know how much attention it would attract in China. And since I was here, this was a good opportunity to promote Google to the Chinese people. , and when it comes to promoting Google, I, the CEO, must not be timid.
Immediately, the two exchanged glances, made up their minds, and sat down near the dining table together.
As soon as the two of them sat down, Li Mu handed them a pair of chopsticks respectively, pointed at the cicada monkey on the plate, and said with a smile: "Come on, let's have a taste."
(End of chapter)